A storm of approaching riders are heard, and the two take cover. He tells her all his life he has fallen just short of achieving something meaningful, and sends her back to the village. The angry villagers order the priest out. While Alastray organizes the men of the village to build a dam, the Yaqui attack and massacre many of the inhabitants of the village. He pretends to side with the villagers, but in reality wants them to be scattered in the hills permanently, under his leadership. Teclo ( Charles Bronson) is a half-breed leader of the vaqueros. They are aided by the persuasive power of an accident the villagers think is a miracle. He at first denies it and is scornful of them, but, guided by a persistent village woman, Kinita ( Anjanette Comer), to whom he is attracted, decides to take on the role and organize the villagers. The villagers mistake Alastray for a priest. They hide there because they are regularly terrorized by Yaqui Indians. The priest is killed by a marauding vaquero, but his ringing of the church bell brings the villagers out from their hiding places in the surrounding hills.
They arrive at San Sebastian to find the church barely stands and the village apparently abandoned. However, he is angry and embittered throughout the trip. Alastray feels guilty for what has happened to the priest, so accompanies him to the village to ensure he gets there safely. The priest smuggles Alastray, who is proudly atheistic and anti-clerical, past the soldiers surrounding the church. The church authorities side with the army, and when the priest still refuses to hand Alastray over they send him to minister to a remote village, San Sebastian. He is given sanctuary by a sympathetic priest ( Sam Jaffe), who will not turn Alastray over to the military. In 1746 Mexico, a womanizing outlaw, the army deserter Leon Alastray ( Anthony Quinn) is wounded and pursued by the Spanish military into a church. It is a rare instance of a Spaghetti Western actually being shot in Mexico, instead of substituting Spain or some similar European location. Filming took place in Sierra de Órganos National Park in the town of Sombrerete, Mexico It was made as a co-production between France, Italy, Mexico, and the United States. The score is by Ennio Morricone, who would then use his work in this film as an inspiration for the main theme in The Mercenary. The film is directed by Frenchman Henri Verneuil, and stars Anthony Quinn, Anjanette Comer and Charles Bronson. Guns for San Sebastian ( French: La bataille de San Sebastian) is a 1968 action- adventure film based on the 1962 novel A Wall for San Sebastian, written by Rev.
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